Much and deservedly to my own discredit, therefore, and considerably to the detriment of my official conscience, they continued, during my incumbency, to creep about the wharves, and loiter up and down the Custom-House steps.

Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

When Faye came down from Sacramento and opened her house there was a flurry of animosity from the two incumbents.

John Steinbeck -- East of Eden

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But incumbents generally have the upper hand, so no worries.

Ellen Hopkins -- Identical

The whole were grouped in a manner that aped the streets of a city, and were evidently so arranged by the directions of one who looked to the wants of posterity rather than to the convenience of the present incumbents.

James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pioneers

Incumbents and front-runners obviously have more cash, but they only spend a lot of it when they stand a legitimate chance of losing; otherwise, why dip into a war chest that might be more useful later on, when a more formidable opponent appears?

Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics

) So front-runners and incumbents raise a lot more money than long shots.

Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics

Then, when once an incumbent of this post, he would marry Mademoiselle de Montalais.

Dumas, Alexandre -- Ten Years Later

As incumbent of that office, he stumbled up-stairs late at night, as his father had done before him.